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M142 HIMARS launching a GMLRS rocket at the White Sands Missile Range in 2005. A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volley gun.
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system. The U.S. Army variant of the M270 is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s were delivered in 1983, and were adopted by several NATO and non-NATO militaries.
The HIMARS carries one pod with either six Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets or one ATACMS missile. It is based on the U.S. Army's FMTV five-ton truck, and is capable of launching all rockets in the Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions. HIMARS ammunition pods are interchangeable with the M270 MLRS. It has a single pod ...
The K239 Chunmoo is a self-propelled multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) capable of firing several different guided or unguided artillery rockets. The K239 is capable of launching K33 131 mm rockets, but not 130 mm rockets (such as the K30, K37 and K38), which are used in the existing K136 Kooryong rocket artillery system.
MAR-290 – (Israel) heavy multiple rocket launcher; MLRS M270 – (United States) 227 mm multiple rocket launcher; Pinaka multi barrel rocket launcher – (India) 122 mm / 214 mm multiple rocket launcher; TOROS – (Turkey) 230–260 mm rocket launcher; 9A52-4 Tornado – (Russia) 122 mm / 220 mm / 300 mm universal multiple launch rocket system
Competing with an upgrade of a number of Greece's rocket artillery M270 MLRS by Lockheed, as part of a modernization program of the rocket artillery forces. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] If purchased, the Hellenic Army will acquire 36 or 40 [ 32 ] of the European version, EURO PULS MLRS, [ 32 ] in a deal of €600-700 million, with the construction of some of ...
The Global Mobile Artillery Rocket System (GMARS, / ˈ ɡ m ɑːr z /) is a wheeled multiple rocket launcher built and designed by Rheinmetall and Lockheed Martin, with them first partnering up in 2023. It is claimed to be capable of providing fire support at a range of up to 400 km (250 mi).
The 9A52-4 Tornado system is a lightweight rocket launcher. There are two other systems. A modular MLRS based on the MZKT-79306 truck, which can carry two BM-27 Uragan or BM-30 Smerch launcher modules, and one based on the Kamaz 6×6 truck.